Software update: Home Assistant Core 2023.1.0

Version 2023.1.0 of Home Assistant Core has been released. Home Assistant Core is an open source home automation platform made in Python 3. It runs via Hassbian on a Raspberry Pi 3 or a Linux, macOS or Windows computer. It supports detecting devices, such as Philips Hue, Belkin WeMo switches, Mr. Coffee coffee makers, IKEA’s smart switches and the mqtt protocol. In addition, it can control these devices and apply automation where possible. For more information about Home Assistant, please refer to this page and our own Forum. The full release notes for this release are here to find; this is the announcement from it:

2023.1: Happy New Year of the voice!

2023: What an exciting year this will be; The year of the voice! And not just that, many exciting things are expected this year. More spoilers can be found in the State of the Open Home 2022 recording on YouTube. Starting this amazing year with: Home Assistant Core 2023.1! A small fairly release, as we all enjoyed our Holidays. Yet, the first traces of the voice project are already visible: support for entity aliases!

Still, this release contains over 800 changes, most of which are quality improvements, bug and stability fixes, and other minor improvements. The perfect release to start the year with, an easy upgrade worth doing. Enjoy the release!